What is a sweet, soft-spoken girl (Ha Li Kang) to do when her brothers, having just learned fencing and martial arts, decide to test some moves out on her in order to "tame her" and make her into their "little slave?" She runs to her knightly friend (Te Hu Kang, not related to Ha Li) for protection, of course. However, what happens when, instead of comforting her, he tells her that she is a coward for running away like a puppy who needs constant protection? No, she does not break down and cry like a weak girl. Instead, she resolves to grow stronger. With rigorous training everyday, Ha Li goes from being a scared girl who cries for help to becoming the Jjang (boss of a gang) of the Doberman gang. However, events lead to Ha Li getting in an accident with a truck. Afterwards, she is reborn into the body of a beautiful, but weak, rich girl Aram Han.

At her new school, everyone is surprised at the sudden change they see in Aram, who has gone from a gloomy, good student to a rude, carefree troublemaker. Many people bully her. When Ha Li finds out that it is all due to Sin Uoo Park, the handsome prince and Jjang of the school who detests Aram, she decides to have a duel with him for the position of Jjang. What will happen next is for you to find out in this romantic comedy Korean manhwa.

But I only gave it a 7 because of how to all turned out. Plot weakened considerably after she got her body back, and characters became too complex and turned inconsistent.

I might elaborate this post later, but I'll say that the story should have ended when Han Seo had his final realization about letting go of Ha Ji. (Vol. 24, p.87)

Thoughts on the final climax of the story (only part I really liked after Ha Ji was in her own body again):

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I liked the shooting scene because it was like the last "intimate encounter" between Ha Ji and Han Seo, where both of them revealed their true natures. I think Ha Ji was really greedy (Han Seo's right hand man saw through her), but I think maybe she was so cunning to the extent that she realized she had to betray Han Seo's trust so he could finally let go of her and live his own life. Han Seo ( regarding the final note about his 'dandelion personality') was much too loyal to even think about putting himself first, and if she had continued to interact with him, he would have, as he said "thrown himself down to hell with her". So I think of it as Ha Ji sparing Han Seo, but yeah, as her actions are super inconsistent afterwards and before this incident, I do think she is a mastermind at manipulating people's faith in her; she only failed to satisfy her desires because she revealed herself to be unreasonably greedy in the end. In short, Han Seo escaped her and I am sort of glad about that, even though I feel bad for all the emotional trauma she inflicted on him (well he did sort of get revenge by doing all the things he did - which, if Ha Ji was manipulating him, was justified)

The real protaganist should have been Han Seo. I wanted to know more about him and his issues and how he met his right hand man than what Ha Ji wanted for dinner and Sin Uoo's inability to be honest.

Extremly amusing manga with a total dense female lead. Hilarious twists, but a rushed ending. Depressing and really shockingly violent at some points, so if you have a problem with teenage practically killing each other and then being best friends again...stay away from this.

OMG, why are u people throwing all of this angry and dissapointed comments at tis masterpiece?? (T__T) I absolutely loved the story; as a matter of fact, this is the 4th time i read it... You know, I just couldn't dislike HaJi... Everybody (meaning the readers) seem to be fed up with her stupidity, but I just couldn't hate it. I think she's an awesomely designed character, and I (even though i really HATED him at the beginning) totally ended up loving SinUoo. It's so beautiful to see how those two souls are just perfect for each other ^___^Well, anyway, I've always been a person who --because I am a mangaka myself-- can't stand bad drawings, but this one, for some weird reason, just dragged me into addiction. I think that Hot Blooded Woman is the best manga/manwha I've EVER read (and i've read a LOOOT of 'em...)The only thing that kind of dissapointed me was that lonely ending that Hwang Mi Ri gave to Han Seo... I really liked him, so it would've been better if he finally found love or something... Such a psychotic and twisted guy... An actor You gotta be kidding me xDAnyway, it was fun to watch though... I liked the story so much that I just overlooked all the flaws. I think it really got me ^__^

i really dont know how i should rate this. if i'm talking about the first 11 volumes or so i'll definitely give it a 10/10! it was so great because i really liked the personality of ha ji when she was in aram's body, and the guardian angel / bringer of death / moya was always giving hilarious comments of people in their true hearts. i also really like how the theme of destiny and fate was lingering here and there, it really connected the plot.but when aram's body died and ha ji had to return to her original body, she lost all those memories and i felt bad for sin uoo, but then again he was like taming her because of han seo, and it all started to go all wrong. it just didn't feel right. but it felt even more weird since ha ji never gained her memories back...felt really awkward.i think that was a bad twist in the story, it would have been probably been one of the best series i've read if it just stopped at 11th volume and everything was happily ever after. i guess the story just died out rapidly (i'm like simulating a graph here lol) after aram's death. the manga was better when the actual aram's soul wasn't there, i'm making aram a simile to a black hole in the manga hahaha.so 10/10 for the first 11 volumes about about 2/10 for the rest of it? i'm giving this a 8/10 because i am a relatively optimistic person since this manga was so good, i'm going to read this manga again now. (the first volumes only of course...lol.)

This manga was really exciting and amusing and I was enjoying it loads but as I got to about the 11th volume it started to get a bit tedious and the story went in a direction I didn't really like.

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The characters who had switched bodies switched back again and I realised that since there was about another 11 volumes left I would have to read through 11 more volumes of new founded misunderstandings, there's only so much of it I can take. It took long enough for the main character to form a relationship with a guy before she was sent back to her original body and we were back to square one. Very annoying.

Because of the reasons in the spoiler I regretted reading this manga which is sad because it started off so good.

i read the first 8 volumes then i couldn't stand it anymore and jumped to the end. NO MORE! IT SUCKS. The artist only could draw the guys good and one of the girls, then her drawing of the others just sucked. The only good art is the cover.

Lots of laugh, Lots of love. Is it just me, or did the two fools' relationship seem to slow down when it was Li Kang's body? That whole thing with her soul didn't make any sense either.. Boo.It's nice overall.

My god, this has to be the best freaking series i have ever read. It's better than best. I love HBW. It's so good that you just can't stop reading. I read it twice and would love to read it again if only i had the time. XD. Hahahaha, intriguing, suspenseful and yet still beautifully drawn. GAHHH. I love you HWANG MI RI! Thank you for writing such a brilliant masterpiece!